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Relief shown by hachures.
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Document identity
localId
4m90fj65p
label
Siege of Vera Cruz, by the U.S. troops under Major General Scott, in March 1847, from surveys made by Major Turnbull, Captains Hughes, McClellan, & Johnston; Lieutenants Derby & Hardcastle, Topl. Engineers
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90fj65p
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Siege of Vera Cruz, by the U.S. troops under Major General Scott, in March 1847, from surveys made by Major Turnbull, Captains Hughes, McClellan, & Johnston; Lieutenants Derby & Hardcastle, Topl. Engineers
description
Relief shown by hachures.
date
["[1847]"]
year
1847
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011796
creators
United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Maps
Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--Maps
Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--History--Siege, 1847--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Mexico
North and Central America
Veracruz
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Mexico
state
Veracruz
city
Veracruz
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Washington, D.C.]
publisher
[Corps of Topographical Engineers]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
19.2
schema:longitude
-96.133333
extent
1 map : hand colored ; 41 x 65 cm
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Oriented with north towards the upper left.
Shows the port of Vera Cruz, outlying areas, and locations of United States troops.
Includes statistics on Patterson's division, Worth's division and Twigg's division.
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no
dcId
4m90fj65p
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map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
07028eabe2f424c6